Biography Essay Satyre lashes Vice into Reformation, and humour represents folly so as to render it ridiculous. Many of our present Writers are eminent in both these kinds; and particularly the Author...
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The Restoration comedies of the English dramatist William Wycherley (ca. 1640-1716) ridiculed the manners and morals of sophisticated ladies and gentlemen who delighted in illicit intrigue.William Wyc...
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Satyre lashes Vice into Reformation, and humour represents folly so as to render it ridiculous. Many of our present Writers are eminent in both these kinds; and particularly the Author of the Plain De...
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In the following essay, Marshall defines the historical context of theatricality and madness in Wycherley's plays.
With few exceptions, commentaries on the four plays of William Wycherley ar...
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In the following essay, Velissariou discusses examples of sexual control in Wycherley's plays.
Sexuality in Wycherley's dramas has long received much critical notice. Gender, desire, ...
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In the following essay, Hynes describes how Wycherley's protagonists use knowledge to gain the upper hand.
The foundation of comedy, wrote Richard Steele, lies in “happiness and succe...
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In the following essay, Young offers brief synopses of Wycherley's plays, a discussion of society in Wycherley's time, and an examination of women's roles in the plays.
William...
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William Wycherley
William Wycherley
Critical Essay by W. Gerald Marshall
